Outer Gods invade, stuff them all into your equipment inventory.

"Too low..."

"The Hero Association of this world is still too narrow-minded."

The sheer number of F-rank heroes is precisely where the greatest value of this group lies.

No matter how many F-rank heroes there are, can they compare to the number of monsters?

As gamers know, the most effective way to train new players is through mentorship.

Led by a high-ranking hero, he leads a standard squad consisting of several F-rank and E-rank heroes.

The wild areas have an inexhaustible supply of monster resources that can be killed without fail.

High-ranking warriors bear the primary responsibility for attacking and protecting enemies.

This allows lower-level warriors to gain experience, hone their skills, and grow rapidly by eliminating monsters in a relatively "safe" combat environment.

All dropped items and equipment belong to the hero leading the party; F-rank and E-rank heroes can only receive experience.

In addition, the Hero Association will provide corresponding points rewards.

The existence of a large number of F-rank heroes provides a sufficient reserve of "personnel" for this efficient "mentorship" model that uses combat as training.

By using this mentorship model, the growth period from F-rank hero to E-rank hero, which originally took about a year, can be reduced to a week or even a few days.

"With the increase in the number of E-rank heroes, the association will naturally have more combat power available."

"With more available combat power, the settlement will naturally be much more efficient in clearing out areas in the wild."

"The more monster lairs you clear out, the safer your settlement will be, and you'll also get a lot of monster materials and weapons."

This should have been a benign, cyclically reinforcing system.

But the problem is...

"Those who eat meat are despicable!"

Thinking about this, Sean couldn't help but mutter a curse under his breath.

A bunch of idiots.

This set of behavioral logic is clearly very simple and highly executable.

The Hero Association only needs to act as a platform and provide some points as rewards to reap the benefits.

But why is no one willing to use it?

"Of course, there are many problems with E-rank heroes trained using this cramming method."

"They lack control over their own abilities, have weak combat awareness, and don't have much equipment."

"But these are all secondary."

Once you level up, you will naturally possess a certain level of combat ability.

Then send them to fight the monsters.

The fear between life and death is immense, but it is also what forces people to grow the most.

Those who survive will naturally be able to replenish their lost experience, awareness, and equipment through the trials of blood and fire.

"The casualty rate might be slightly higher than expected."

But what does it matter?

As long as the final output of qualified E-rank heroes is sufficient, it will all be worthwhile.

"In battle, people always die."

What era are we in? Who cares about this anymore?

Sean glanced at the F-rank warriors and noticed that they were all dressed in the uniforms of the Watchers Legion warriors.

F-rank heroes undergo daily training, which requires a lot of resources.

Apart from a few extremely wealthy individuals, everyone else needs to find a job to make a living and support their journey as warriors.

Joining the "Overwatch Legion" is one of the most popular classes.

"And I've heard that... even though ordinary heroes can't gain experience points when they kill monsters using firearms."

However, if you have the necessary skills, you can still gain kill experience by using the Overwatch Legion's firearms.

"If an F-rank hero with this ability joins the Watchers Legion, and happens to encounter the Demon Tide, then..."

After a demonic tide ends, theoretically he could even raise his hero level to around 20...

Such cases occur every year.

Many scions of powerful families would even travel by airship from other settlements before the demonic tide occurred, parachuting into the Watchers Legion just to get a share of this "experience feast".

This has become a tacitly understood channel within the circle of heroes' families for rapid leveling up.

"So... even though the Hero Association always touts fairness and justice, the fairness and justice that each individual can obtain is different."

The privileges of powerful clans exist objectively in every world!

Sean also knew about the so-called family of heroes.

"The Ye family, to which Miss Ye Wanqing belongs, is also a family of heroes."

Sean originally had a good impression of Ye Wanqing.

She is beautiful and gentle, giving people a pure feeling.

Until recently, when he was researching information, he came across a relatively obscure post on the regional information board forum.

After reading the post, he realized that this Miss Ye Wanqing was not as innocent as she looked.

"The more innocent-looking a woman is, the more promiscuous she is; that's the kind of woman we're talking about."

"She looks innocent and cute, but she's proficient in playing various musical instruments and singing!"

do not judge a book by it's cover.

The post claimed that Ye Wanqing had ambiguous relationships with several E-rank heroes, and even included photos as evidence.

It was comparable to the Japanese adult films he had seen in his previous life, which made Sean, who originally wanted to contact Ye Wanqing, immediately back down.

If it's truly a win-win situation where everyone is happy, he wouldn't mind developing a deep yet superficial relationship with Ye Wanqing.

"Just a few more fellow Daoists."

Anyway, he won't lose out.

Just treat it as another offline meet-and-greet.

The post just happened to say that Ye Wanqing did this in order to find a candidate for her future husband.

This startled Sean.

"Play around as you please, but don't joke about marriage."

"You have to have a conscience!"

If you don't get noticed, then it's a waste of time. But what if you're unlucky enough to get noticed?

He only wanted to steadily improve his strength, and didn't want to be forced into becoming a live-in son-in-law for no reason.

So he decided then and there that unless absolutely necessary, it would be best to keep his distance from this "Miss Ye Wanqing".

"You can't trick me now, even if you've tricked others!"

As for why such a message appeared on the forum, Sean didn't know the specific reason, but he could guess.

"The struggle for the crown prince position has always been like this."

Besides the competitors in Miss Ye Wanqing's family, who else would do such a thing?

I wonder if Miss Ye Wanqing has seen that post.

Sean spent a long time, but eventually found three books.

All of them are about the distribution of monsters in the area surrounding Gathering Site No. 13.

The first one was called "The Monster Compendium of District 13," with a green cover and the edges worn white.

The second book is "Southern Wilderness Monster Threat Report," with a dark red cover and the emblem of the Watchers.

The third book is relatively thinner, only half the thickness of the first two books.

However, the binding is exceptionally exquisite.

The book is titled "The Complete Book of Space Monsters".

He searched through three bookshelves in one go and found that these three books might contain knowledge about space-type monsters.

"Let's look at these books first!"

Sean took the book and walked to the reading area in the center of the second floor to begin reading carefully.

"I didn't expect that improving intelligence would have this effect."

Sean's memory wasn't particularly good in his previous life.

When I was in school, even a short passage with very few words would take me two or three readings to memorize.

But now he can read ten lines at a glance and remember everything he sees.

The three books together formed a thick stack, but Sean found them easy to read.

Not only is the reading speed fast, but the memory is also profound.